Prudential PLC Decreases Stock Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Prudential PLC reduced its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 33.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 211,004 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 104,010 shares during the period. Prudential PLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $7,786,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in Intel by 271.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,201 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $766,000 after buying an additional 25,001 shares during the last quarter. United Bank purchased a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at $205,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL raised its stake in Intel by 12.3% during the 2nd quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $308,000 after buying an additional 1,508 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in Intel by 29.6% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 158,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,545,000 after buying an additional 36,116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its stake in Intel by 9.9% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 828,352 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $18,556,000 after buying an additional 74,838 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel announced strategic collaborations with Foxconn and Hitachi to accelerate next-generation AI infrastructure, industrial AI, and intelligent computing platforms, which could expand its role in the AI buildout over time. Reuters: Foxconn announces strategic collaboration with Intel on next-gen AI infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Intel continues to benefit from investor enthusiasm around AI inference and CPU demand, with recent reports noting strong options activity and a sharp rally earlier in the week. Motley Fool: Why Intel Stock Rallied Today
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles highlighted that Intel’s stock has had a huge run over the past year, suggesting traders may be weighing valuation after the recent surge rather than treating the AI deals as immediate earnings drivers.
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA’s launch of a new PC chip is being seen as a direct challenge to Intel’s most important businesses, increasing fears of longer-term competitive pressure in personal computers and CPUs. 24/7 Wall St.: Nvidia Launches PC Chip in a Direct Challenge Against Intel
• Negative Sentiment: Intel was also caught up in a broad semiconductor and tech selloff tied to Broadcom’s weak AI outlook, which pressured chip stocks across the group. Invezz: Intel, AMD stocks slide again in aftermath of Broadcom’s weak outlook

Insider Transactions at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $60.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. HSBC upgraded Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $50.00 to $95.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on Intel from $95.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $83.35.

Intel Trading Down 11.3%

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $99.17 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a one year low of $18.97 and a one year high of $132.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $498.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -159.95 and a beta of 2.21. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $88.25 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.80.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. Intel had a positive return on equity of 0.39% and a negative net margin of 5.90%.The business had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.32 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.13 EPS. Intel’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

Intel Profile

Intel Corporation, founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon E. Moore and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a leading global designer and manufacturer of semiconductor products. The company is historically notable for introducing the first commercial microprocessor and for driving the x86 architecture that underpins many personal computers and servers. Intel’s core business spans the design, fabrication and marketing of processors, chipsets and related components for a wide range of computing applications.

Intel’s product portfolio includes client and mobile processors marketed under brands such as Intel Core and Pentium, as well as high-performance Xeon processors for data centers and cloud infrastructure.